preciousness
noun/ˈpreʃəsnəs/
/ˈpreʃəsnəs/
[uncountable]- the great personal value of something
- the preciousness of an old friendship
- the value and importance of something that you do not want to waste
- I feel a sense of the preciousness of every moment in my life.
- (disapproving) great formality and lack of naturalness in what somebody says and does
- His writings reveal an unattractive preciousness of style.
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